5:13 AM,
Mar. 7, 2013

Written by

C.L. Brown
| The Courier-Journal

The University of Louisville's 2013 football schedule got the Big East's marquee treatment despite it being the Cardinals' final year in the conference. Still, they must hope that a marquee opponent emerges from a slate that doesn't figure to have any teams in the preseason Top 25.

U of L athletic director Tom Jurich said the school tried to find a big-name opponent for an early-season game - ESPN representatives even tried to facilitate it - but nothing materialized.

"We tried, I know that, we tried very, very hard," Jurich said. "We gave every opportunity to everybody that would play us in a ...